Compact fire hose washer and winder
OwnerFrank Santos, Larry E. Santosinventors
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Abstract
A fire hose washer and winder having two reels on opposite sides of a frame. On one side, a hose path is defined along hose guides from one end of the machine to a reel and on the other side of the machine a similar hose path over hose guides is established to another reel. On one side of the machine a hose washing and scrubbing section is positioned such that the hose guides support a hose on a path passing through opposed brushes, with two pipes on opposite sides of the hose path directing water onto opposite sides of the hose, so that a hose can be washed, scrubbed and then wound. On the opposite side of the machine, hoses are brushed and then wound on a reel without washing.
Claims16
A compact fire hose washer and winder comprising,
- a frame having two first and second sides between first and second opposite ends,
- a first driven reel mounted at a first end on the first side of the frame, said first reel having means for engaging an end of a hose,
- a plurality of first hose guides mounted on the first side of the frame between the first and second ends for defining a first hose path between said first reel, at the first end of the frame, and the second end of the frame,
- soapy fluid dispensing means disposed along the first hose path near the second end of the frame,
- rinse water dispensing means disposed along the first hose path, at least part of said rinse water dispensing means disposed between said soapy fluid dispensing means and said first driven reel,
- moving brush means for scrubbing said hose, said brush means disposed along the first hose path between the soapy fluid dispensing means and the first driven reel,
- power means mounted on said frame for driving said driven reel and for energizing said brush means,
- a second driven reel mounted at one of the ends on the second side of the frame, said second reel having means for engaging an end of a hose, said second driven reel connected to said power means for driving power, and
- a plurality of second hose guides mounted on the second side of the frame between the frame ends for defining a second hose path between opposite ends of the frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.